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Conservative groups honor Innis
Roy Innis has received the John M Ashbrottk
Award, one of the conservative movement's highest
honors.
Innis. who has served tor 42 vears as the National
Chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE), was presented the
honor last Thursday during the
Conservative Political Action
Conference in Washington.
DC.
The Ashbrook Award is
presented each year by the
American Conservative Union
and the John M. AsHbrook
Center for Public Affairs in
memory of Ashbook. the late
congressman who served in
the House for 21 year* and
Innts
advocated a for limited constitutional government and
reduced federal spending. Previous recipients ot the
award include Ronald Reagan. Jeanne Kirkpatnck.
Malcolm Wallop. Charlton Heston and Henry J Hyde
"I am deeply honored and humbled by this recog
nition." Innis said. "The fight for civil rights has been
fought on the same battleground as the fight to defend
the conservative principles that forged our nation into
greatness. I have been honored to serve as a soldier in
both of these great struggles. And I have never been
so optimistic about the future success of both efforts."
YVSSU fraternity to hold
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pancake fundraiser at Applebee's
The Zeta Lambda Chapter of Pi Sigma Fpsilon. a
professional marketing fraternity at Winston-Salem
State University, will host a Flapjack F undraiser at the
Applebee's on Griffin Road, off of Hanes Vlall
Boulevard, on Saturday. Feb. 27 starting at X p.m.
All proceeds raised will assist the chapter in
attending a National Convention in Milwaukee* Wis.
The Apple Gold Group, a franchisee of Applebee's
restaurants in North Carolina, Oklahoma and
Arkansas, works in conjunction w ith local non-profits
to host Flapjack Fundraisers. Tickets for the Flapjack
Fundraiser are $7. and since the organizations only
pay about $2 per breakfast, they have the potential to
raise a lot of money. Breakfast includes a short stack
of pancakes, sausage, milk, juice and coffee.
For tickets or more information, call Nathan M.
Munford at 804-310-6692.
Home Depot helping HBCUs
The Home Depot has launched the Ret<x>l Your
School" grant program designed to provide improve
ments to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(HBCUs) nationwide. As part
of this unique program. The
Home Depot will make a
donation equal to five percent
of the face value of three new
commemorative HBC'U gift
cards, up to $ 1 50.0(H), for
grants ' for on-campus
improvement projects.
Consumers can purchase the
specialty gift cards online at
www .homedepot .com/ret<x>lyoursch< m>I ?
To apply for the "Retool Your School" grants.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities will
need to go to www.homedepot.com/ret(X)lvoursch(X)l
by March 15. Consumers can also register online for
"Retool Your School F riends and Family" updates
about the HBCU program Those who register
between Feb. 15 and March 14 can also enter to win a
cabin for two to the Caribbean on the 2010 Tom
Joyner F antastic Voyage.
Iowa College selects
black, openly gay president
The Board of Trustees of Grinnell College in
Grinnell, Iowa announced last week that it had
selected Dt. Raynard S. Kington, the deputy director
of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a lead
ing scientific researcher on the role of social factors as
determinants of health, to become GrinneH's 13th
president, effective Aug. I
Grinnell is a nationally recognized, private, four
year nnerai arts school that
enrolls 1 .600 students
The 14-member
Presidential Search Committee
considered a diverse jxxtl of
more than 200 candidates
before selecting Kington, who
was elected to the prestigious
Institute of Medicine of the
National Academy of Sciences
in 2006, where he currently
serves as the chair of the
Section on Administration of
ftr king/on
Health Services, Education and Research.
Prior to the NIH. he was a division director at the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he
led the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey, one of the nation's largest studies to assess the
health of the American people. He has also served as
an assistant professor of medicine at UCLA and as a
visiting associate professor of medicine at the Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine
Kington is openly gay A press release from the
school states that Grinnell and his partner - Dr. Peter
T Daniolos. a child psychiatrist at Children's National
Medical Center and George Washington University
and their two young children plan to move to Grinnell
during the summer and occupy the president's home
at the college
Obama nominates native
of the city to a key Board
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President Barack Obama has
nominated Winston-Salem native
Michael D. Kennedy to a key
administration post.
Late last month. Kennedy and
Dana K Bilyeu were put forward
by the president to serve as mem
bers of the Federal Retirement
Thrift Investment Board An
independent government agency
charged with administering the
Thrift Sa\ ings Plan, which feder
al employees can sign on to save
money for retirement.
? All five members of the
Board, which meets monthly, are
appointed by the president and
confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
"These individuals will bring
proven talent and dedication to
their roles." the president said in
a statement. "I am grateful the\
have chosen to serve in my
administration, and 1 look for
ward to working with them in the
months and years ahead."
Kennedy is the son of the late
Harold L. Kennedy Jr. and Annie
Brown Kennedy, both of whom
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Michael Kennedy, far left, with his mother, Annie Brown Kennedy
and brother, Harold Kennedy III.
bla/ed trails for African
Americans in the worlds of law
and politics. His brothers, Harold
III and Harvey, operate the fami
ly's law firm - Winiton-Salem
based Kennedy. Kennedy.
Kennedy and Kennedy.
Michael Kennedy, who lives
in Atlanta, is a senior client part
ner at Korn/Ferry International,
the world's largest executive
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Mickey Holes (far left),
president and CEO of
Winston -Salem- based
Smith Phillips Building
Supply. receives the
Southern Building
Material . Association's
2010 Dealer of the Year
Award on Feb. 3 at a
gathering in High Point
from Associdtion
President Larry Adams
( center ) and Todd
Merriss, the chairman of
the Association's Board.
SBMA bestows the honor
on companies that meet a
number of criteria,
including community
involvement and overall
business success and
accomplishments.
Brock is NAACP's youngest chairperson ever
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The National NAACP named Roslyn M. Brock
as Chair of the Board of Directors at its Annual
Board Meeting on l-eb. 20 at the New.
York Hilton. At 44. she beeame the
youngest ever and fourth woman to serve
as chair of the NAACP's Board of
Directors.
A highly qualified candidate. Brock's
N'AACP 'resume boasts more than 25
years of sen ice to the NAACP in many
capacities, including as a youth board
member; Youth and College Stale
Conference President; and Vice Chair to
the Board of Directors. Brock also creat
ed the annual NAACP Leadership 5(X)
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a great honor to be elected Chairman of the Board of
this esteemed Association," said Brock. "We are
blessed with the opportunity to lead the fight for civil
and human rights into another century , and I am hon
ored to help the NAACP issue the clarion call while
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ensuring the future legacy of this great organization."
She officially announced her candidacy last
August after her predecessor Julian Bond declared
his retirement from the Chairman position. Bond
endorsed Brock's candidacy, citing her
experience in many facets of the
Association as well as her youth as assets
she will bring to the Chair position.
In addition to her service with the
NAACP. Brock serves as VP at Bon
Secours Health Care in Marriottsv ille. Md..
acting as the chief spokesperson for Bon
Secours on government relations, advoca
cy and public policy. Prior to working at
Bon Secours. Brock worked 10 years in
health programs at the W. K Kellogg
Foundation in Battle Creek. Mich.
>ne grauuaieu magna cum lauue irom v irginia
Union University: earned a master's degree in health
services administration irom ueorge wasningion
University, an MBA from ihe Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern University and a
Master of Divinity degree from the Samuel DeVVitt
Proctor Theology School at Virginia Union
University.
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Karen Eddy-Williams
Wake Law grad
appointed to 26th
District judgeship
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Wake t ores! University
School of Law graduate Karen
Eady-Williams has been
appointed to the District Court
bench.
Gov. Bev Perdue named
Eady-Williams to a seat in the
2f?th Judicial District, which
covers Mecklenburg
County. She will till the vacan
cy created by the resignation of
Judge William "Bill" Belk.
"The law vers in the 26th
District sent me a tremendous
list of candidates to select
from." said Perdue. "I am con
fident that Karen Eady
Williams will serve the people
of the 26th District with dis
tinction and professionalism."
Lady-Williams started her
legal career as an assistant
public defender in the 26th
Judicial District Public
Defender's Office, handling
felonies and misdemeanors in
both District and Superior
Courts. In addition, she repre
sented clients in involuntary
commitment hearings.
She later served seven
years as an assistant U.S. attor
ney for the Western District of
North Carolina, where she
prosecuted general criminal
and white-collar crime cases
and was the f inancial Crimes
Litigation unit supervisor in
the civil division of that
office.
Prior to her appointment
last week, the Chesapeake. Va.,
native was vice president and
assistant general counsel for
six years with Wachovia
(Wells l argo and Co.) in its
legal division, whel^he han
dled defensive litigation and
internal investigations.
Eady-Williams serves on
the board of directors for the
Belmont Community
Development Corporation and
Festival in the Park. She is also
secretary for the Mecklenburg
Count) Bar and has served on
the Norfh Carolina State Bar
Disciplinary Hearings
Commission, presiding over
ethics trials for N.C. lawyers.
Eady-Williams is a member of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc.
She received her under
graduate degree from the
College of William and Mary
in Williamsburg, Va.
Nursing dean named provost at A&T
SPECIAL TO THK CHRONICLE
North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University Chancellor
Harold L. Martin Sr. has named Dr. Linda
Thompson Adams as Provost and Vice
Chancellor of Academic Affairs, effective
July I.
Adams' appointment as chief academic
officer of North Carolina A&T State
University was confirmed last week during
the regular meeting of the North Carolina
A&T Board of Trustees.
Martin appointed a search committee in
July of 2009 to lead a national search for
this Cabinet-level position. He explained:
"North Carolina A&T is fortunate to attract
a creative and scholarly professional with a
proven track record like Dr. Linda
Thompson Adams.
"She has over 20 years of leadership in
university administration, teaching, nurs
ing. plus public service appointments by a
mayor and a governor N .C . A&T will cer
tainly utilise her exceptional higher educa
tion expertise and public policy, grants,
scholarships and fundraising skills during
tough budgetary times."
Adams has been dean of nursing and a
tenured professor at Oakland University in
Troy, Mich . since 2003. directing opera
Phrwn coMWcy of OakUmd I 'niv*rMi>
Dean l.inda Thompson Adams holds the
Distinguished Leadership Award for
Education that she received at the
Women and Leadership in the W orkplace
Conference and Awards Luncheon in
Detroit.
tions for a nursing school with a budget of
$35 million. She currently leads a team of
150 faculty and staff in statewide opera
tions. supporting 2500+ graduate and
undergraduate students and four satellite
facilities.
While at the University of Maryland's
School of Nursing in Baltimore. Adams
was associate dean of Policy and
Workforce Development: acting chair of
the Department of Child. Women, and
Family Health Nursing: chair of the
vDepartment of Maternal and Child Health;
and an associate professor. .She also served
as assistant dean of the School of Nursing
and a professor at Coppin State College in
Baltimore *
"A&T's national and premier status
with aggressive research in the sciences,
technology, agriculture and engineering
can produce answers to difficult problems."
said Adams.
A graduate of Wayne State University's
College of Nursing in Detroit. Adams
received an undergraduate degree in nurs
ing and a master's in Nursing of Women.
She received a M PH and a Dr PH with a
focus in Child and Adolescent Health and
Development from Johns Hopkins
University 's Bloomberg School o( Public
Health in Baltimore